OBENKEI Kyoto Gion store — Restaurant in Kyoto

We came across this delightful little restaurant which we would highly recommend

Cold beer and simple but relishes fare - this resturant in the Kyoto Gino area was really good - offering sushi and tempura as it’s lunch time specials

Always best to order a “set” rather than al a carte (although you could) we had a delicious meal of set number 4 sushi with miso soup and chefs special tempura - with cold ice beer - Wow it was fabulous

Always best to get into those little traditional streets in Gion and find where the Japanese eat as it’s always extra yummy

Highly recommend a visit here !

We were also in our own little Japanese room so very delightful- and we were all laughing at the Japanese toilet that had a life of its own as they all do

So very clean...

Avoid this place-it is an expensive tourist trap. Starting with the hilariously tacky Miami-style art on the walls and a bunch of ugly chairs plus an ugly coat hanger in the middle of the room, all the way to sushi that is poorly cut and extremely underwhelming and servers that barely pay attention. Food came out all at the wrong time. The design of the place itself is a headache (why is there so much light? menu design is super distasteful for a place that is trying to pass off as elegant, etc.). Only redeemable quality is that the outside of the restaurant looks nice but that’s probably because they didn’t design it themselves. This place feels like it’s owned by people who wear...

We had a beautiful experience at Obenkei Gion. We went at lunch time to make use of their lunch menus. Service was great and you could see the chefs making the fresh nigiri at the bench. We had a delicious assortment of nigiri with miso soup. We were the only people in the restaurant, so the atmosphere was quiet. It would’ve been nice to hear an explanation of all the sashimi meats to understand what we were eating (as you usually would at a top-tier restaurant), but it was lovely...